Month: December 2014

The Tri-County All-Star Football game is a competition between the White Team (Napa, Marin and Petaluma’s best players) and the Blue Team (Northern Sonoma County’s best players). The battle covering from three counties took place on December 27 at Piner High School in Santa Rosa. The game benefited kids in foster care by raising awareness of the need during the holidays.

The game was tied at the end of the last quarter, and they were going call the game and the coaches would not allow that. They played into overtime and it would be Petaluma’s Greg Thomas the left footed kicker on Team White kicking a 19-yard field goal to defeat Team Blue, 43-40.

Players from representing Petaluma on the White Team are:

17 WR Hunter Williams 6’3 210 Petaluma

51 CTR Julian Lopez 5’11 230 Casa Grande

77 OL Justin Mahrt 6’4 235 Petaluma

74 OL Peter Parrick 6’4 285 Casa Grande

66 OL Chris Temple 5’8 220 Petaluma

73 DL Greg Poteracke 6’3 275 Casa Grande

32 DB Greg Thomas 5’8 155 Petaluma

33 DB Connor Dennison 5’8 145 Petaluma

Jimmy Cerf, offensive coordinator at St. Vincent de Paul High School-Petaluma, is the head coach for Team White.

This video was created by the Youth Sports Network which is a local company that does a great job in covering our local sports.

The Petaluma Museum hosts its sixth annual New Year’s Eve gala from 7pm to 10pm. Celebrate with a concert by violinist Yun Chu, cellist Shu Yi Pai, pianist Elizabeth Walter and Nancy Severance on viola will perform selected works of Beethoven and Dvorak. Petaluma Creamery and Russian River Vineyards’ fine wines and cheeses will be served complimentary. Guests also have the option to purchase preferred tickets with “elite beverage service.” Prices go up as the event nears. $35–$70. 20 Fourth St., Petaluma. 707.778.4398.

For something different, explore the life and times of Edith Piaf in Cinnabar Theater‘s play Edith Piaf: Beneath Paris Skies. This performance recreates Piaf’s unlikely road from the brothels of Paris to stardom in the 1930s. Musical accompaniment by a five-piece band completes the experience. On New Year’s Eve only, enjoy desserts before the show, party favors and a Champagne toast at midnight. $55–$65. 3333 Petaluma Blvd. N., Petaluma. 707.763.8920.

New Years Eve Bash~ Zodiacs New Monsoon & The Incubators -Wednesday, Dec 31st, 2014 San Francisco rock quintet New Monsoon is the collaborative vehicle for the vocal and instrumental prowess of founding members Bo Carper (acoustic guitar and banjo), Jeff Miller (electric guitar) and Phil Ferlino (keys). Now well into its second decade of national touring, the band also features the muscular rhythm section of Marshall Harrell (electric bass) and Michael Pinkham (drums). New Monsoon’s exhilarating blend of acoustic and electric instrumentation shines in an irresistible blend of sophisticated song craft, inventive musical exploration and down home rock-n-roll.

Petaluma Sons of Italy New Year’s Eve Dinner and Dance 320 N. Mc Dowell Blvd, Petaluma CA 6pm-1am The Petaluma Sons of Italy are pleased to present their annual New Year’s Eve Dinner and Dance held at the Lucchesi Community Center. Open to the public. No host bar begins at 6pm, Prime Rib and Tortellini Dinner begins at 7:30pm. Dancing from 9:00pm to 1:00am. Continental breakfast at midnight. No tickets will be sold at the door. Cost: $60 per person Phone: 707.588.2719

Ring in the New Year with Petaluma Active 20-30 #30 at Mario & John’s! Mario & John’s Prohibition 2014 New Year’s Eve Celebration is taking place on December 31 starting at 9pm and includes a DJ & house libations. Tickets are $20.00 and can be purchased at Mario & John’s. A percentage of the sales will be donated to our club’s children’s charitable fund. Come join us for a fun night!

With the official launch of the Petaluma Bounty Penny Harvest for 2015, you can help the Bounty provide healthy food for all. Buffalo Billiards is hosting a New Year’s Eve PENNY HARVEST. Harvest up all the pennies you and your friends have and bring them with you on December 31, from 9:00 PM – 1:00 AM, 246 Petaluma Blvd. North, Petaluma.

To share the holiday spirit with you, we decided to present the 2009 light show on our home that won first place in the Petaluma City of Lights contest. This light show was co-created by Chad Dunbar, now CEO of aftertec, Inc. an IT company in downtown Petaluma, and the PD wrote this story about it, Petaluma Teen Wows Neighborhood With Holiday Light Showwhich showed up on the front page of their newspaper.

Watch this video through to the end so you can see the comical time elapse video of all the people who visited our home with an overlay of the Benny Hill theme song.

There are lots of great things going on in #Petaluma, you just have to dig for them. Positively Petaluma searches for and collects the positive information about our great city in one place: The Petaluma Magazine. The Second Look will be a reflection of some of the posts from the previous weeks.

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Congrats to Lisa Draper, a beautician at Studio 132 (Spa, Beauty & Personal Care) on Liberty Street in Petaluma, for submitting the first photo of Payton & Taylor Draper and Colleen Cline wearing the new Positively Petaluma T-shirts. Payton dressed it up for the holidays with a Santa hat – Awesome. You girls look great! Thanks for sharing and your donation to COTS.

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Over a hundred sold in just a few days. Because $1.00 for each sale is going to COTS, that means over $100 will be donated to them in February. Let’s make that over a $1,000 by January 31, 2015. Click here to get information on how to get yours.

This ABC Channel 7 coverage has great before and after video of Petaluma’s DeBernardi Dairy farm in Two Rock. Reporter Wayne Freedman says DeBernardi is thrilled to death about the rain as all the other ranchers are around the Sonoma and Marin County line. The Sonoma County dairyman in the interview said “Nobody thought we would have this much water, this time of year,” The rain is lifting a big burden for all ranchers around in the area. Neil McIssac from a Clover Stornetta farm adds “We won’t have to haul any water. Tanks are running over. Springs and wells are recharged,” The article however indicates by no measure is the California drought over with, but the 20 inches that have fallen so far this year is a great relief and a good start leading into winter.

Grass Should be at Don Debernadino’s ankles or higher, Photo By Press Democrat, December 2, 2013

Associated with article in the Press Democrat Struggling with one of the driest years on record by Jamie Hansen on December 2, 2013, it mentions the recorded rainfall was at its lowest in almost 120 years. That year DeBernardi said “We’re gonna have to see what Mother Nature does,” he adds. “Usually, she works it all out. This year, I don’t know.” Well we guess he was right, mother nature is working it out so far this year.

The Petaluma turning basin was surrounded by boat-parade fans even hours before the event started on Saturday, December 13, 2015. In anticipation of the lighted boat procession, eager children chanted “Santa, Santa…” with some awesome background music from the Kenilworth Junior High Jazz Band just outside the bustling Petaluma Taps. Yachts, sailboats, paddle boats and kayaks made their way into the turning basin a little after 6:30 PM giving a beautiful reflection off the Petaluma River.

“Howdy! My name is Bixby and I’m a 4 year old rescue dog from Texas. Along with my Human “Mike” and our rubber safety chicken “Chicken Charlie”, we have emBARKed on an epic adventure bicycling around the country and raising awareness of the importance of supporting your local animal shelters.”

Why was the Yuba Bike crew there? Bixby and Mike are traveling across the country on a Yuba bike. How cool is that? The bike they ride is built by a Petaluma company. Maybe Yuba can create a new line of bikes call the Bixby. If you have not heard of Yuba cargo bikes you have to check out their website.

Where did Bixby and Mike stay while in Petaluma? They stayed at the Petaluma KOA. He was advised about the storm. Mike said he doesn’t pedal in the rain and that he had some shelter to stay in during his visit.

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